19. The Sanskrit has three earliest

I. Vowels.

Thea, i, andu-vowels. The Sanskrit has these three earliest and most universal vowels of Indo-European language, in both short and long form — अaand आā, इiand ईī, उuand ऊū. They are to be pronounced in the “Continental” or “Italian” manner — as infarorfarther,pinand pique,pullandrule.